Sofa-bed.



G. M. B. HAWLEY.

SOFA BED.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1912.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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SOFA BED. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1912.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 INVENTOR ATTORNEZ GEORGE M. B. HLAWLEY, 0F GENEVA, NEW YORK.

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Specifieationof Letters Patent.

- Application filed November 5, 1912. Serial No. 729,664.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gmnen M. B. HAW- LEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sofa- -Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sofa beds having hinged seat and back members which are caused to turn in fixed angular relation and simultaneously move laterally by a combination of swinging standards and throw bars, the members being then unlocked so that both may occupy a horizontal position.

The object of the invention is to provide a sofa bed, of this characterof sanitary and inexpensive metal construction, suitable for hospital as well as home use, and further to enable it to be taken apart readily for cleaning or shipment or for making any desired combination of ornamental end pieces and upholstered bed sections.

To these ends the invention consists in th improved construction and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention: Figure 1 is a sectional side view showing the sofa bed provided with metal end pieces and with the back member in upright position; Fig. 2 is a corresponding view showing the bed mem bers opened out; Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the end pieces; Fig. 4 is a front view thereof; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the structure that separably connects the end pieces; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another form of the invention; Fig. 7 is a detail section on the line 7.7 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 8 is a front elevation on an enlarged scale,'taken at the right hand front corner of the seat member.

The numerals 10 and '.10 indicate two kinds of end pieces which may be employed.

The end pieces 10, shown in-Figs. 1 to 4, are

of metal, and may beof any suitable form. The end pieces 10 of Fig. '6 are of wood and i may also be of any. suitable ornamental design. These end pieces'are separably connected by a metal under-frame comprising front and back angle bars 11 and 12. These bars are preferably connected together.- by cross bars or T irons 13, which may be 'removably secured by bolts and nuts 14. The ends of the angle bars- 11 and-12 are'bent downward vertically as shown at 15, formmg solld end bearings of considerable depth, the websof the bars being mitered at their corners asindicated, and these ends being braced by diagonal pieces 16. The said ends are provided with key-hole slots 17 which receive headed studs 18 projecting from the mner sides of the end pieces 10 or 10. Thus, by a very simple and inexpensive construction a rigid separable connection between the parts of the supporting structure is provided.

The seat member 19 and the back member 20 are of metal construction. These mem 'bers comprise front and back angle bars 40,

44), there being a single. front bar and a single back bar in each case. These bars are bent upward at their ends as shown at 23,, .23, and braced. End angle bars 22, 22 connect the front and'back bars 40, 40, the

flanges of these end bars receiving the cornersformed by bending up the ends of the front and back bars, that is to say, the vertlcal flanges of the. bars 22, 22 are outside the vertical end pieces 23, 23 and their horizontal flanges underlie the horizontal flanges of the front and back bars 40, 40.

Spring-fabric-supporting end angle 'bars 21, 21 are secured to the upper ends of the pieces 23, 23 Thus, each bed member may be said to comprise a bottom frame with upstanding ends carrying springffabric-supporting end bars which are well above the front and back. bars 40, 40", so that the spring-falorit". in sagging under the weight gf a person on the bed will be free of these ars.

It will be understood that the terms indicating spatial relation, as front, back upward are based on the bed condition shown in Fig. 2, in which both the back and seat members are horizontal.

The spring-fabric or spring mattress 41' indicated in Fig. 8 may be of any usual or suitable kind.

The adjacent ends of the bars 21, 21 are extended and their horizontal flanges cut away to form hinge members 24, connected by a hinge pivot 25. The two bed members are locked in angular relation by'means of Patented Mar. 1'7, 1914.

' flanges of these two members 23 are suitably cut away. The tie-bar carries a releasing dog 29, the action of which is well understood in the art and need not be particularly described. 7

Swinging standards 30 pivotally connected with the seat and back members at and to the end pieces at 31 and throw bars 32 pivoted at 33 to the end pieces and at 34 to the back member, cause the two bed members to move bodily forward while being turned and cooperate in afiordin support to the said members, whether 1n the position shown in Fig. 1 or that shown in Fig; 2. These links have separable pivot connections whereby the bed structure may bereadily lifted away from the supporting frame. As shown, the ends are provided with key-hole slots 35 receiving headed pivot studs 31 carried by the lower ends of the standards 30. The lower ends of the throw bars are pivoted on stud bolts 33 projecting from the ends and are retained by nuts 36. In Fig. (3 these key-hole slots are formed in plates 37, 38 screwed to the wooden ends.

By the foregoing construction I provide a sanitary metal bed of'the type described which may be fitted interchangeably with either metal or wooden ends. The bedstructure may be lifted out from the supporting frame comprising. the end pieces and the back and front angle bars 11 and 12, either for cleaning or for attachment to a supporting structure of different design. Fo'r'shipment, the bed structure19, '20 is disconnected from the supporting structure and folded togethergthe angle bars 11 and 12 are disconnected from the ends 10 or 10, and their cross bars 13 are removed, it being then possible to place these bars between the members 19 and 20.

l/Vhat I claim as new is: I

1. In a sofa bed, the combination of end pieces to rest on the, floor, a metal underframe detachably connecting said end pieces, aback member and a seat member both of pieces and hinged together so that they may be spread out, in which condition they are supported horizontall on said metal underframe, and pivotal lin (s detachably connecting said members with the end pieces and governing the movement of the former.

, 2. In a sofa bed, the combination of end pieces having headed studs on theirv inner sides, back and front angle bars having their ends bent down vertically and provided with diagonal braces riveted to the vertical ends and the bodies of the bars, said bent-down ends having key-hole slots receiving said headed studs, metal back and seat sections hinged together so that they may bespread .out to form a bed, ivotal links connecting said members with t e end pieces and govern-- in the movement of the former, and detachabIe pivotal connections between said links and the end pieces.

3. In a sofa bed, the combination with a supporting structure, of hinged metal back and seat members, means connecting 'said members with said supporting structure and means connecting them with each other whereby saidmembers may be turned and simultaneously moved laterally in fixed angular relation, the upright seat member being then swung down to hor1zontal position in line with the prone back member each of said members comprising back and front angle bars with their end portions bent upward and braced, end angle bars secured to and connecting said back and front angle bars and forming therewith a bottom frame to rest on the supporting structure, the flanges of said end angle bars receiving the corner formed by bending up the end portions of the front and back angle bars, and spring-fabric supporting angle bars secured to and connecting the tops of sa1d bent-up end portions, the adjacent end port ons of said spring-fabric supporting bars being extended from the seat and back members and pivoted together, their horizontal flanges being cut away.

In witness whereof I have signed my name in the presence-of two subscribing witnessesr GEORGE .M. B'. HAWLEY. Witnesses: I

J. F. BRANDENBURG,

' E. GREENBERGER.

metal frame-work located between said end 

